Valdemar
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ. Compare Danish Valdemar and German Waldemar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvaldɛmar]
Proper noun
Valdemar m anim
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Valdemar (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Valdemar | Valdemarové |
| genitive | Valdemara | Valdemarů |
| dative | Valdemarovi, Valdemaru | Valdemarům |
| accusative | Valdemara | Valdemary |
| vocative | Valdemare | Valdemarové |
| locative | Valdemarovi, Valdemaru | Valdemarech |
| instrumental | Valdemarem | Valdemary |
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Danish
Etymology
Danish rendering of Russian Владимир (Vladimir), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ, which see for more. First used for king Valdemar of Denmark (1131-1182), a grandson of Vladimir of Kiev; reshaped like the semantically and formally similar German Waldemar, Old Norse Valdimarr, as if a compound of the native Germanic elements valdr (“power, rule”) and mærr (“famous”).
Proper noun
Valdemar
- a male given name
Descendants
- Estonian: Voldemar
References
- Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 459 males with the given name Valdemar have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑldemɑr/, [ˈʋɑ̝lde̞mɑ̝r]
- Rhymes: -ɑldemɑr
- Syllabification(key): Val‧de‧mar
- Hyphenation(key): Val‧de‧mar
Proper noun
Valdemar
- a male given name, equivalent to Danish Valdemar
Declension
| Inflection of Valdemar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Valdemar | Valdemarit | |
| genitive | Valdemarin | Valdemarien | |
| partitive | Valdemaria | Valdemareja | |
| illative | Valdemariin | Valdemareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Valdemar | Valdemarit | |
| accusative | nom. | Valdemar | Valdemarit |
| gen. | Valdemarin | ||
| genitive | Valdemarin | Valdemarien | |
| partitive | Valdemaria | Valdemareja | |
| inessive | Valdemarissa | Valdemareissa | |
| elative | Valdemarista | Valdemareista | |
| illative | Valdemariin | Valdemareihin | |
| adessive | Valdemarilla | Valdemareilla | |
| ablative | Valdemarilta | Valdemareilta | |
| allative | Valdemarille | Valdemareille | |
| essive | Valdemarina | Valdemareina | |
| translative | Valdemariksi | Valdemareiksi | |
| abessive | Valdemaritta | Valdemareitta | |
| instructive | — | Valdemarein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Valdemar is the 954th (tied with 4 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 108 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,633 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Norwegian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ; see Danish Valdemar for more.
Proper noun
Valdemar
- a male given name, equivalent to Danish Valdemar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vaw.deˈmaʁ/ [vaʊ̯.deˈmah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /vaw.deˈmaɾ/ [vaʊ̯.deˈmaɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vaw.deˈmaʁ/ [vaʊ̯.deˈmaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vaw.deˈmaɻ/ [vaʊ̯.deˈmaɻ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /val.dɨˈmaɾ/ [vaɫ.dɨˈmaɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bal.dɨˈmaɾ/ [baɫ.dɨˈmaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /val.dɨˈma.ɾi/ [vaɫ.dɨˈma.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: Val‧de‧mar
Proper noun
Valdemar m (plural Valdemares)
- a male given name from German, equivalent to English Waldemar
Related terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from German Waldemar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baldeˈmaɾ/ [bal̪.d̪eˈmaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: Val‧de‧mar
Proper noun
Valdemar m
- a male given name from German, equivalent to English Waldemar
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish Valdemar. Cognate to Danish Valdemar, which see for more. Compare German Waldemar (whence the alternative Swedish spelling Waldemar).
Proper noun
Valdemar c (genitive Valdemars)
- a male given name